Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 5 Aug 2003 12:33:49 -0700 | From | "Randy.Dunlap" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] automate patch names in kernel versions |
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On Tue, 5 Aug 2003 12:17:18 -0700 Mike Fedyk <mfedyk@matchmail.com> wrote:
| On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 03:44:19PM -0500, Oliver Xymoron wrote: | > Perhaps times have changed enough that I can revive this idea from a | > few years ago: | > | > http://groups.google.com/groups?q=patchname+oxymoron&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=fa.jif8l5v.1b049jd%40ifi.uio.no&rnum=1 | > | > <quote year=1999> | > This four-line patch provides a means for listing what patches have | > been built into a kernel. This will help track non-standard kernel | > versions, such as those released by Redhat, or Alan's ac series, etc. | > more easily. | > | > With this patch in place, each new patch can include a file of the | > form "patchname.[identifier]" in the top level source directory and | > [identifier] will then be added to the kernel version string. For | > instance, Alan's ac patches could include a file named patchdesc.ac2 | > (containing a change log, perhaps), and the resulting kernel would be | > identified as 2.2.0-pre6+ac2, both at boot and by uname. | > | > This may prove especially useful for tracking problems with kernels | > built by distribution packagers and problems reported by automated | > tools. | > </quote> | > | > The patch now appends patches as -name rather than +name to avoid | > issues that might exist with packaging tools and scripts. | | Has anything happened with this patch? | | I for one would love it to be merged.
I saved it, as you did too apparently. Looks nice to me as well.
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